tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59709981995356286842024-02-18T20:22:13.613-08:00The Thompson'sOur Lives, Stories, and AdventuresJace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-73346217778576192902012-07-21T09:27:00.001-07:002012-07-21T09:27:20.712-07:00work and applying for jobsWell, I don't know if you all know that I graduated in secondary education, but since I graduated I have had no luck in finding a job in my areas. I am working for an elementary school and loving it, I love to work with special needs kids and have had a blast doing it. I am still looking. Embree and I after the fire just seemed to not be able to get well, so we went to an ear nose and throat doctor and found out that I had a deviated septum and it was 100% closed on one side of my nose and about 75% of the other side was closed so they said I had to have surgery immediately because the open side was closing fast. Embree failed her hearing test and her tonsils were huge so they said that she also had to get her tonsils out, adenoids out, and get tubes in her ears asap as well. So I had my surgery a week before her and then she had hers we were both down an out of school for 2 weeks, but are a lot better now. The day that I got back to work I saw a posting for a job in my field and was so excited, I turned in an application and was called the next day for an interview. The interview went great and I was real hopeful in getting the job it would have been a dream experience. Needless to say about two weeks later I got the sad news that I didn't get it, I also was told that there would be little to no luck in me ever finding a job in the fields I specialized, because they are both science based and schools want two to three different areas. So on top of not getting the job it was not fun to also be reamed about my education. But the next day my boss came and said that she wanted me to be her assistant and that it would include working in the summer and more responsibility so that helped make things better. I am looking forward to it, and so far this summer have had a blast working with these special needs kids.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-48818327264642199822012-07-21T09:13:00.000-07:002012-07-21T09:13:49.071-07:00Fire part 2We then went to bed and I was really struggling with breathing because of the smoke so needless to say, I didn't sleep much. The next morning we took pictures and assessed the damages. We had at least a 3 inch radius around the chimney that has been distorted by the fire, the huge crack that was now spreading to the wall by the chimney. I also had to go to work because it was to late to call a sub I thought. Well we had so much smoke damage and I could still barely breath that we all looked and smelled wonderful ;o). Well when I got to work something snapped and all i could do was cry and cough, my boss took one look at me and sent me home. I went to the doctor and fount out that I had smoke asphyxiation. I had to get a few breathing treatments and put on some medications to open my airway so that I could breathe. When we left the doctors office I got the phone call that the day before my grandmother had fallen and was in the hospital. So we went to visit her while Jace was talking to the insurance agent. We got there and found out that she had broken her back and was in a lot of pain, and boy did we smell like smoke we felt so bad. But that was when we realized that we could all help each other, we moved into grandmas that day to help her and she helped us by allowing us to get out of our smoke filled house till it was fixed.
It took exactly a month to get everything fixed and taken care of, it was really hard to not be in our home for that long and to have everything everywhere. We had to have my parents care for two of our animals because we couldn't have them with us at grandmas. My grandma had surgery and is all better now so we cared for her while she cared for us. So after it all we had to get everything cleaned and washed, had to get new carpet, chimney fixed, we had to get a lining in the chimney, new fireplace, and repaint the front room.
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what happened, was on the night of the 8th of February it was a really cold night so just before Jace left for work I asked if he would start a fire so that the house would warm up. Now get this we had had fires in the fire place at least a dozen times this past winter already so we didn't expect anything. After he left I started to smell smoke and that wasn't to different because we always get just a little smoke from the fire place. Now I also have to say that I am allergic to smoke and I can smell it and get plugged up almost instantly upon smelling it. That said, I started to smell more then normal and started to get a big headache. I opened all the windows and went and checked the fire place and saw nothing out of the normal that would indicate in less then 10 min there was going to be a fire. I called Jace at work and informed him that there was more smoke in the house than normal and that I had to open all the windows to air out the place. At this point it was 10:15pm. He told me to try and stay up a little longer and let the windows stay open for the night but, my head hurt so bad and I was so tired that I just wanted to go to bed. I also guess that I am a wimp, where Jace works at night I never leave windows open just to make me feel safe, so needless to say I didn't listen to him and decided to close up the windows and go to bed.
Well I was in bed and really started to smell smoke and could now see it in the dark winding in through my door from our front room. I ran out to the front room to see why it was worse and that is when I saw the flames coming up from between the chimney and carpet (our fireplace is in the basement). The flames where small and so I ran and got a bucket of water and poured it on the flames there and they seemed to die down so I grabbed my phone and a fire extinguisher and ran down stairs. I called Jace and told him we had a fire and that I needed him home and that I would call him in a minute to tell him to call the fire department if needed because I don't have much cell service in the basement. When I got downstairs the smoke was worse then we had upstairs. I got over to the fireplace and saw a huge crack on the chimney and saw that that it must have gotten too hot to quickly and it expanded and cracked and that was where the fire had come out. I saw some small flames there and tried to use the extinguisher but I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did. Luckily our water out put is no more then 10 feet away and luckily there was a bucket by it I had to throw water for about 10 minutes before I noticed it just smoking and the flames out, I then ran up stairs and poured more water on the chimney from there. That is when I noticed the huge crack went all the way up the chimney. At about this point Jace arrived home and I had him check the attic and see if there was any hint of fire there, luckily no crack, smoke, or fire up there. We called our insurance agent (we had called her not 3 days before and put fire insurance on our insurance because we noticed we didn't have any at our last appointment) We talked with her and were told that we didn't need to call for the fire department where I was able to get the fire out.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-8604684453036286072012-07-21T08:11:00.000-07:002012-07-21T08:11:22.890-07:00so sorryWell it has been another long time since I have posted I am sorry. Things have been so crazy that I don't even know how we made it to this point so I guess that I will be catching up a lot now to let you all know what our lives have been like these past few months with great apologies!
I guess to start off I will give you a list of what went on and then I will go and explain them a little more in detail:
* Fire in our home
* Work and apply for jobs
* summer fun
* Parents home renevation
* ( i know there is more but my mind is blank right now sorry)Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-52784594462740617352012-01-26T09:53:00.000-08:002012-01-26T09:57:20.656-08:00Embree's Dance Performance<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoqQD2ogaKPvh-iYkoffxY-HBev8a6AGDtlJ_WzmHlzm0VbtkG7ttmGldV0EYQD6qYE-nitJr0DxMN71naww' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy9Xt1_1PxTLNyo99Tubr7OTmN-8Dkv51UwU_fA-wiiWWQKvLFF3ARVXGSPu1aTmeqP_YqG0NOtshQ1vbErcA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-21591880340111288392012-01-14T09:34:00.000-08:002012-01-14T09:48:31.458-08:00PonderingsWell this week has been a week that has caused a lot of thought and reflection time for our little family. We are having the same issues that a lot of others are having with finances, and are trying to over come the problems that we have caused, but that is not what we are focused on at this point. Our ponderings are based again on our daughter. I don't know if you all know but when she was eight months she gave us all the scare of our lives when she first got sick. The story is bellow if you don't know about it. Well she started kindergarten this year and has loved every moment of it. The only thing is that almost every week to every other week she is sick. Either with a massive cold or with a string of the flu. for the pas two months though it has been the flu. She has had all of her shots and has gotten her flu shot but still is getting sick all the time. We give her vitamins and make sure that she gets all the nutrients she needs to help her be healthy and happy but are still at a massive loss as to why she is sick constantly.<br /><br />We know that, yes this is her first time at public school and that sickness goes around, but every week getting sick? We don't let her go to school or any where for that matter if she is sick and wait till she is 100% better before we let her go back into the public but there has to be something else doesn't there for why she is always sick? This is why we are pondering, we are thinking, is is something to do with her thymus again? Is there anything else wrong that is causing her to be sick? We haven't taken her to the doctor yet but are contemplating but want to have a list of questions ready for when we do. But all we can think is, is this normal for kids to be constantly sick their first year of school or is this a little extreme? We definitely will be taking her in but it is just wondering what is going on that has a worried. I guess that is why these are ponderings and why it is nice to get them written down and out of my system to see if anyone has any ideas.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-47654904863059931972012-01-14T08:36:00.000-08:002012-01-14T09:33:59.654-08:00Story to help understand PonderingsAt eight months old Embree had, had a cough for almost a month and no medication was working and it just got worse. We had been to several doctors and still couldn't figure out what was going on. The last doctor finally said we should get x-rays and see if maybe it was pertussis (whooping cough). He was able to set up an appointment to get the x-rays right then. Embree didn't like them at all and it took Jace, two nurses and I to hold her down so they could get the x-ray. Well it took a day to get the results and when they arrived our lives changed. Jace had just gone to work at his parents restaurant and I had just got Embree out of a bath when the doctor called. All I remember is my grandma (who we were living with at the time) coming into the bathroom and telling me the doctor is on the phone and he said it was an emergency. When I got to the phone all i remember is hearing it is a tumor between her heart and lungs and it looks cancerous you need to get her to primary children's asap. The doctor said he had already called the hospital and told them we were on our way and he had a folder of the x-rays for us to pick up to take as well. <br /><br />All I remember was calling Jace and balling, I guess that was all I had to do and he was on his way home. I tried to call my family and none of them were home but my brother, and once I heard his voice I started balling again, which caused him to find my parents and he rushed over to help. My dad was able to give us all blessings before we left to help and then It took us only 30 minutes to get on the road to the hospital and we never could have done it without the help of all of our family. It took us seven hours to get to the hospital because of construction. Luckily Embree slept the entire way there. When we arrived at the hospital they rushed us back and did tests on Embree and took more x-rays. At the hospital they are able to work with the kids more to get better x-rays. After what felt like days, the doctor finally came in with the results. NO TUMOR AND NO CANCER! We breathed a sigh of relief but then he said, "but there is something that has us concerned." Her Thymus which was supposed to look like a sail on a sail boat, was very enlarged and mishapped, looking more like a giant pair. He told us the only treatment for that was time and it should adjust itself and shrink as she gets older.<br /><br />Well after that which was about 11om we were able to go home, Embree was so exhausted and because of the adrenaline Jace and I were wide awake. We were going to stay with family if we needed to that night but decided that all we wanted to help us relax was to go home so we drove all the way back that night. After this ordeal, we thought that our only problems were going to be dealt around her thymus but all of a sudden she stopped everything. before all of this she was eating everything, sitting, rolling around, and was rocking on her knees. After all of this though she stopped everything, she just layed there and stopped eating. Well with a lot of help from physical therapists and occupational therapist and doctors it took her till she was two before she crawled and a few months later when she walked. She has also been very small being in the negative 15% for both height and weight up until a year and a half ago when she finally started eating and her thymus finally started shrinking. We had her looked at and x-rayed by about every doctor in primary children's to try to figure out why she stopped everything and finally found that it was caused by massive phobias created because of the ordeal that we had. The one problem she never had was speech, she talked full sentences at one years old. <br /><br />Well through a lot of work and effort to get over these phobias, yes she is six now, she is finally 100% potty trained, she is eating a lot more then crackers which was her only diet for almost two years and pedia sure with that, she now loves every fruit, corn, peas, and carrots in the vegetables, almost every kind of carb you can think of (pasta, breads, crackers), almost all the dairy items, but she is still a self proclaimed vegetarian, she will have nothing to do with meat at all. But this all only started when she was four and a half years old. She was still only wearing 24 month old clothes and at times could fit into 2t and 3t outfits but not many. When she started to eat she has grown a ton! She is now at a positive 25% for weight and height for her age and is almost as tall as any other six year old out there. If you were to look at her now you would never know that she has gone through any ordeal and ever had any problems (other then eating). We love her to death and are grateful and blessed everyday by the gift of life she has brought with her.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-56579727523058998632012-01-05T21:05:00.000-08:002012-01-06T09:56:45.494-08:00Memories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHszMl4Bt8pbOk4RmkyFQ8LUBURUagVVxkQxdmhtQTAZpEaBXcuqsi5oaCPyn11IkrFTrDP5mvYePYJAbajNWVXODgWuQdGlWdEY1qyE4l9c1tiM97Z-Pxl7mApFhPIGuLA_DpQzfTTinK/s1600/IMG_20110609_171743.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHszMl4Bt8pbOk4RmkyFQ8LUBURUagVVxkQxdmhtQTAZpEaBXcuqsi5oaCPyn11IkrFTrDP5mvYePYJAbajNWVXODgWuQdGlWdEY1qyE4l9c1tiM97Z-Pxl7mApFhPIGuLA_DpQzfTTinK/s320/IMG_20110609_171743.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694384960491243714" /></a><br /> Well, I am pondering the happenings of six years ago. I question myself, am I really that old, where did the time go, and have I been the best that I could be? These questions all fall on the subject of our sweetheart and light of our lives, Embree Anne Thompson. <br /> <br /> At exactly 1:17am today our little baby will be six years old! Wow, how time flies! I still feel like it was yesterday when we went into the hospital, and through all the complications and misgivings we were blessed with this beautiful child. From the moment we saw her, we were changed for the better. She has had many hard times in her life that have challenged her physically, mentally and emotionally; and yet she has turned out to be a sweet, loving, fun little girl. <br /><br /> She is turning six and is already calling herself old, her comment to me this morning was"mom, it is hard being old, you have to do a lot of things and that makes me tired. It is hard being old, so hard!" If she is old and is only six what does that make the rest of us I wonder? She loves school and can't wait till she is home and able to do her homework! For Christmas all she wanted was crayons and a case that had crayons, markers, colored pencils, scissors, and glue so that she could do her homework. We just hope this love of homework last through the rest of her life. <br /> <br /> She is the life of our little family and the joy of our lives. We can't believe that she will be six, but have enjoyed every minute that she has been with us, and look forward to the future with her. We LOVE you Embree!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!<br /> <br /> Love,<br /> Mom and DadJace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-48226916927937278012011-03-31T09:24:00.001-07:002011-03-31T09:35:02.085-07:00Clean and Spring!This week has been pretty slow! It has been nice though to be able to go out and walk and not have to be in snow clothes to do it. We have been aching to go out side and open our windows and air out the house for a long time and now we can finally do it. To top it all it has bee 3 weeks and we can now WASH THE DOG!!! She is a hundred percent healed and crazy to boot, and we are so grateful that we can now clean her up! I know that she has been waiting for this day since she had the surgery because she hates to be dirty and keeps giving us the look of disgust and wow does she stink! We are so excited, I don't know if it is a good thing to be so excited but we are in this house! Clean dog, Clean house, Spring and General Conference how could life get better! (I know it can but right now it feels pretty great)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Jy_YQLbTwn_bQEyq1iToAvmm1rouriKp_JnIvwozuXWbVT5Xona5OmsP1NYu-zKJBgpw-vVGBdL0YKA3D9T1eNVxCBBzURc8kfwY_HhhMUG7dvazQLYeOwCp_oFU3bjxG2d2GzUZzzYo/s1600/DSCN0127.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Jy_YQLbTwn_bQEyq1iToAvmm1rouriKp_JnIvwozuXWbVT5Xona5OmsP1NYu-zKJBgpw-vVGBdL0YKA3D9T1eNVxCBBzURc8kfwY_HhhMUG7dvazQLYeOwCp_oFU3bjxG2d2GzUZzzYo/s320/DSCN0127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590282622758016594" /></a><br /><br />(this is Embree all dressed up in her halloween costume! She loves to play dress up and dance all day! Since the weather has changed she is even more excited to dress up and dance! Yeah!)Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-84961815227043245182011-03-24T15:51:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:56:28.508-07:00Embree PicturesEmbree got a camera with the money she got from her birthday. She has loved it, she is still learning to use it but she has gotten some really good shots here are some:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwj2dcBSF0-ip8MOz4EL47fGpZRWeFh58wMIXg212opl-1cfgesarpIAMLdS6fYEaXbJT9fbfFsHRzHVmGM6Htrsoq9tFq7kkslax8z2ypqMaoyka7UHyNlu4wa1JaX3tgAT1KFsywQpNa/s1600/IMG_0186.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwj2dcBSF0-ip8MOz4EL47fGpZRWeFh58wMIXg212opl-1cfgesarpIAMLdS6fYEaXbJT9fbfFsHRzHVmGM6Htrsoq9tFq7kkslax8z2ypqMaoyka7UHyNlu4wa1JaX3tgAT1KFsywQpNa/s320/IMG_0186.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587784008681098930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNKImMt7T7MecNaqKGftlTgI_fYEbVMtcKUNa_rS_-69nwDOLFvXsnlmeXj2McuoE_zcKKpTSQjZ6Rowb1_qZa83rW2OeiHuAq5miHGy1PEWLIX0S9mQDZwaJbdruy_eW3u55lYa90l04/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjID_PDkBWjZO2qy3Ij2_-s6FnLyHMsiCI3sC_YBRgUk6SulCw01aoZtaC4b9lHHss8k-doyRoTmlsqlEpmCec62v32SRk50fGMB-hVJqqOljJAiOhQnfItcR4LAAH-N4JcZH87ptRc1yH7/s320/IMG_0112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587783711410023426" /></a>Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-73825395024180963072011-03-24T15:36:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:51:40.877-07:00Kia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dZrcMD9TihQKLuD_GztB7IfhtgpTvKSsihYjIH117UZMy4TPl3dc9A041p84KI48oDN5C7bn4HDYamYPUizu6BmckS9sOo__7hWeb3kBtaepqSQJiA7OSGN7QTuYUwzkojj2SCgySP5O/s1600/IMG_0162.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dZrcMD9TihQKLuD_GztB7IfhtgpTvKSsihYjIH117UZMy4TPl3dc9A041p84KI48oDN5C7bn4HDYamYPUizu6BmckS9sOo__7hWeb3kBtaepqSQJiA7OSGN7QTuYUwzkojj2SCgySP5O/s320/IMG_0162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587782921941337154" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our dog has been a big issue in our house in the last 2 weeks. (actually for a lot longer but nothing like these pas 2 weeks!) She has been going to obedience school and has been doing really good, we had to miss a class last week because it was time to get her spayed. Well our little crazy girl was a sweet heart so excited to go into the vet, wired I know but that is what she did. The surgery went really good and the vet came out when we went to pick her up to tell us she was the sweetest dogs he has worked with in a while which made us feel some hope. Well the first few days were wonderful, she was so calm and instead of malling Embree she would follow her and sleep where ever embree stopped. Well it came to the day that I had to leave the house and not watch her like a hawk (she is a licker and has found ways around the cone of shame) I had to leave for about 2 hours with Embree and Jace. When we got home, (we were planning on not coming home at that time we were going to go to a cheep movie but decided we needed to check on her first) Jace went into the house to get some things so we could just leave after I checked on Kia. We keep her in her kennel in the garage while we are gone, I walked in a got a happy reception from her and went to check on her I didn't see anything different but then she got out and ran outside. Jace caught her and I looked at her stomach. WOW!!! she had pulled every stitch out and he cut was wide open to see inside her. Time went so fast then, we got her immediately into the car calling the vet and anyone else to see what we needed to do. We got to the vet and luckily she hadn't eaten since noon that day they took her in and fixed her and we got her back the next morning. We thought we might get our calm dog again but no she has been wild and crazy this whole time. We thought everything was over with the drama and then wednesday we look at the wound again (she has worn the cone of shame 24/7 and has tube socks on her back feet and the feet tied together as well, a real sight) it was massively infected luckily we were able to take care of it our selves. So this has been a great adventure that I would have really enjoyed not having.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-7979855516315729602011-03-24T15:31:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:36:18.070-07:00Embree and Sidney playing dress-up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJdMSyiAqdA8r8pwzMUTXmFRCLUs8VzGzklyq5ZiY4-3n8a8ISZtrtH4JgobhulXFe58oq5br5Yh6GHWJ4VX72LMPjzs5sMFBZhyphenhyphenZkpLwse-uJvLj9hbVgWcMAhO0t9YPzhWxlhHrgU0P/s1600/IMG_0043.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJdMSyiAqdA8r8pwzMUTXmFRCLUs8VzGzklyq5ZiY4-3n8a8ISZtrtH4JgobhulXFe58oq5br5Yh6GHWJ4VX72LMPjzs5sMFBZhyphenhyphenZkpLwse-uJvLj9hbVgWcMAhO0t9YPzhWxlhHrgU0P/s320/IMG_0043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587778541509305170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9BMtzw8OVX4yiFVpLyR0RkfSe-OlDdOYFGNF4JxfubaGWQB13OrJuyH4vdl1FpBA-Kk0LPsnv48jUveOUDEcmvPgAANrbPLiHCAET4VE3b6Oj1DvyDDqe89H9UISGXQuRKWaW1rEOW9T/s1600/IMG_0052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9BMtzw8OVX4yiFVpLyR0RkfSe-OlDdOYFGNF4JxfubaGWQB13OrJuyH4vdl1FpBA-Kk0LPsnv48jUveOUDEcmvPgAANrbPLiHCAET4VE3b6Oj1DvyDDqe89H9UISGXQuRKWaW1rEOW9T/s320/IMG_0052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587778538364558706" /></a><br /><br />These 2 are the best of friends and love to get together and play for hours. This was early in January I know I am late in getting it up but oh well. They danced for almost 2 hours straight and even while watching Little Mermaid they danced. They are destined to be great dancers!Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-54298380842778649282010-07-17T13:31:00.000-07:002010-07-17T13:42:20.305-07:00sorry againWell it has been a while again since my last post. Since then I have taken my last praxis and came out thinking that I just failed it, but guess what I didn't!!! YEAH!!! That was such a great blessing, not only are those tests expensive, they are a pain and if I didn't pass I was told that they wouldn't let me teach biology because I substituted so many on my biology classes for upper-division classes instead of the pre-rec classes so if I didn't pass I would have to go back to school and take the pre-rec classes in order to retake the test. So we are very glad that I passed. Now I am a certified teacher Ha ha ha ha! Wow it took a long time but it will be worth it. Now I just need a job, but I guess I need to start looking to do that and I just want a break for right now, so we will see. Other then that we have been busy playing. Jace is in school full time and works 2 jobs full time so we don't see him all that often but are cheering him on so that he can get done with school as well. Embree and I have been kayaking (thanks to a great friend!!!) several times this summer and loved it, we have played outside in sprinklers, and recently to Rigby Lake (which is awesome now it is cleaned up!) and spending lots of time between rexburg and St. Anthony libraries. We plan to go to our cabin, swim lots, go to Lagoon and just have a blast for the rest of the summer!!! This weather around here has been so wired that planning things takes alot of consideration, so we have had to compromise a lot. Well we hope all is well with everyone, we love you all!Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-2103484388441588022010-06-10T10:19:00.001-07:002010-06-10T10:22:35.178-07:00oklahoma<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq4EyK0y-BQIyW_i4TlFB7DTUhvyqDHKsFECMLK10GPcxWqNXTsMi6EIfT5bck-gAeWzbFerpxmoRi_jCLgEEAlRtrPIaTEGgViAtpnihU-J7m6YUzJ28pSnI0GHshXLulgzgyMoffknv/s1600/DSCN0087.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcq4EyK0y-BQIyW_i4TlFB7DTUhvyqDHKsFECMLK10GPcxWqNXTsMi6EIfT5bck-gAeWzbFerpxmoRi_jCLgEEAlRtrPIaTEGgViAtpnihU-J7m6YUzJ28pSnI0GHshXLulgzgyMoffknv/s320/DSCN0087.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481196491849821730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUnTZqnyHeozqrm3iuG4LuMJtE024knb4HsniX_oQk2H5zEBXvYX0c56fq6Mw27toq32Lpy2ymsgT-hSc-gIuqNDOgik3R9CHuKYKLCu8askYh8cFOFqsLR3N1ZYa3_ZcwM5TFi5lwFAK/s1600/DSCN0042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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I have been so busy, and just plain forgot to update that I am going to do my best to update everyone. I am going to just quickly make a list of all that we have done and then expound on some. <br />1. Started student teaching<br />2. Jace Started college<br />3. Embree turned 4<br />5. My Grandmother passed away<br />6. I finished student teaching<br />7. I FINALLY GRADUATED!!!!<br />8. Embree and I rode on our very first airplane <br />9. Went and visited Jace's mission companion and one of his best friends in Muskogee, Oklahoma for a week.<br />10. I am studying to take my Biology Praxis next week (going to fail, it has been years since I took alot of these classes.)<br />11. Embree learned to ride her bike all by her self!! (yes there are still training wheels but she fell off last year when we got it and she wouldn't get back on till now and now even when she falls she gets up and keeps going)<br />12. My sister had a baby boy giving them 2 boys and 1 girl and boy they are busy but the cutest kids!!!<br />13. I finally planted our front flower garden that has taken 3 years to get to.<br /><br />Well I guess that is about it, if I remember anymore then I will post it. I am trying to find our camera cord so that we can post some pictures. Even though we have been so extremely busy we have had fun. Student teaching was hard at first but then was really a blast. It was hard to leave. I am now trying to apply for a part time position at the Jr. High or aide jobs there at the school, I really enjoyed being with those kids and it makes it all worth it when the kids see you around town and still say hi and tell me all about their lives it is great. Well Embree keeps us busy and entertain she is so excited that I am graduated and can spend time with her, our goals now are potty training for reals and getting her to eat, she has such a phobia with both that it is taking us so long to break these phobias. Jace is doing well, he is finally getting into the groove with school and has decided what he wants to go into, he wants to be a history professor. But the only thing that is standing in his way is work. He is having such great opportunities thrown at him that we are not sure what is going to happen. He works for BYU-Idaho as a Shift Supervisors over the Hart Building, he loves his job and all that it provides for us as a family and as a job. It is nice to have him come home happy instead of angry and hurt. He works so hard so that I can stay home. Well I will try to get pictures on here soon but for now I will be done and I promise to update more often.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-50862218306324278452010-03-02T17:36:00.000-08:002010-03-02T17:46:55.210-08:00I just want to say how grateful I am for FAMILY!!! I don't know what I would do without them!!! I LOVE YOU! Jace and Embree have been there through everything and have helped me when things hit rock bottom. Things get better and are still on the rocks but I don't know what I would do without such a great backbone of family. I just want to say thank you to all my family and friends that have helped me in these hard times and are still helping me today. I don't know where I would be today with out you. (well I guess I do, I would have quit school and just in simple terms be miserable.) Family is always there and if you ever need anything they are always there to help, whether or not it is in the way you want it always helps in the long run and makes you a better person. I am only hoping that I am getting better and can continue to be reminded how blessed I truly am. I am struggling with things but at the same time there are those moments that make everything worth it. <br /><br />Student teaching is going, I have good days and bad but I have really grown to love the students even though they pose many challenges and many difficulties. There are many challenges and yet yes there are days that running down the hall there are students yelling how much they hate me and yet there are also those that help in saying I am helping. I hope that I am just not making things worse and and helping the students. That is my only wish is to help the students, whether that is just in that there are other ways of learning, or that I am there to help them, and not that everyday we have to continue to drill discipline. I am just hoping that I will be able to do good and not harm.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-85041476409306571692010-02-01T20:10:00.001-08:002010-02-01T20:12:11.621-08:00WOWAll I can say is that all I want to do is quit! I don't think I could be doing worse then I am at everything. When I think that I am improving and doing better I always get caught and drug back down. I just feel like giving up and hibernating at home. (school related not life related)Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-1340266887981711382009-12-06T12:33:00.000-08:002009-12-06T12:52:56.956-08:00Adventures! sorry it is a long one, sewers and fireplaces etc.Well life has been a little crazy around here! we are already struggling financially and have scrimped and saved for Christmas, our basement if full of mold and we are continually sick because of it. We finally had enough money to buy a wood fireplace for the basement so we can cook the mold out. Well right after we purchased it things just started happening. It is huge and almost didn't fit in our basement, it is still not hooked up we are just waiting to get help to make sure that everything is cleaned out, but as we were going through things in the basement we realized that our fruit room is not sealed so we are trying to figure that out so that we don't loose everything. Well we were finally thinking that things are looking on the up side, I just received my student teaching assignment to here in St. Anthony for both an earth science class and a life science class which I am both terrified and excited for. We celebrated both Jace's and my birthdays and had a great Thanksgiving. Well Saturday morning after Thanksgiving we spent time cleaning the basement and getting things ready for the fireplace. We got hungry and our house was a mess with things we brought up to get out of the mold. We decided to go get some lunch and on our way out Jace refilled his glass with pop and luckily we were on the back porch outside unlocking the door when Embree decided that she wanted to help Jace carry his pop in and went to grab the cup and it fell on her bathing her in Mt. Dew it got in her eyes, nose and mouth as well we rushed her in and got her things in the washer and threw her in the bath. Jace went to run a load to the dump and I stayed to bath Embree, well we were almost done when all of a sudden our toilet started to bubble and explode everywhere and our tub wouldn't drain luckily Jace got home right then and ran down stairs to check on things and saw our sewer drain line gushing water everywhere. So long story short we were out of our house till we could get it fixed. We got ahold of a plumber through Jace's family and we thought that our only problem was a collapsed line well come to find out that all these 50+ years our sewer has not been connected to the city line it has been dumping in a drainage line in our neighbors back yard. No wonder there yard has been so green and no one lives there. Well after alot of money and time with our in laws (THANK YOU!) we finally got our sewer fixed and are finally home. Please let there be no more issues this year that is all we can wish.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-61162150810393437872009-10-31T23:08:00.001-07:002009-10-31T23:08:30.155-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NzA1NTY3NDUzNiZwdD*xMjU3MDU1NzA2NzYyJnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1kN2NkOWEwODFmNDA*NTUyOWE1NDU1ZjA3YWMxN2MwNiZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w334.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/d31d32fc.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/?action=view¤t=d31d32fc.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-77219817055472649162009-10-31T22:27:00.001-07:002009-10-31T22:27:07.447-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI1NzA1MzE5ODU2MiZwdD*xMjU3MDUzMjI*MjY2JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmbz1kN2NkOWEwODFmNDA*NTUyOWE1NDU1ZjA3YWMxN2MwNiZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w334.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/3e1e0f7d.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/?action=view¤t=3e1e0f7d.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-13018833269330910142009-10-31T22:13:00.001-07:002009-10-31T22:13:16.299-07:00<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.11NXC/bHQ9MTI1NzA1MjMzOTkwNCZwdD*xMjU3MDUyMzkxMDU1JnA9Mzg2MzYxJmQ9Jm49YmxvZ2dlciZnPTEmb2Y9MA==.gif" /><div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w334.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/09d9deb6.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s334.photobucket.com/albums/m421/new01003/?action=view¤t=09d9deb6.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5970998199535628684.post-91795432869817344342009-10-07T15:40:00.000-07:002009-10-07T15:50:35.901-07:00TAGOne word Tag<br />1. Your cell phone is: pain<br />2. Your significant other is: wired<br />3. Your hair: frizzy<br />4. Your mother: loving<br />5. Your father: caring<br />6. Your favorite thing: family<br />7. Your dream last night: crazy<br />8. Your dream goal: happiness<br />9. Your favorite room: embree's<br />10. Your hobby: cooking<br />11. Your fear: SPIDERS!!!<br />12. Where you want to be in 6 years: GRADUATED!!!<br />13. Where you were last night: SAM's<br />14. What you're not: dare-devil<br />15. One of your wish list items: travel<br />16. Where you grew up: Idaho<br />17. Last thing you ate: Ham<br />18. What you wearing: Clothes<br />19. Your T.V: Average<br />20. Your pet: Cat (missy)<br />21. Your computer: Macbook<br />22. Your mood: Stressed<br />23. Missing someone: Jace<br />24. Your car: dirty<br />25. Something you're not wearing: shoes<br />26. Favorite stone: diamond<br />27. Your summer: interesting<br />28. Love someone: eternally<br />29. Your favorite color: green<br />30. Last time you laughed: today<br />31. Last time you cried: yesterday<br /><br />Now cut and paste and answer for yourself with one word! I tag anyone who wants to.Jace, Jessica and Embreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03747650368081289117noreply@blogger.com2